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1. | [ adverb ] and nothing more | |
Synonyms: | only merely simply but | |
Examples: | "I was merely asking" "it is simply a matter of time" "just a scratch" "he was only a child" "hopes that last but a moment" |
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Related terms: | bare bare bare | |
2. | [ adverb ] indicating exactness or preciseness | |
Synonyms: | exactly precisely | |
Examples: | "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do" "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone" "it has just enough salt" |
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Related terms: | precise exact precise exact | |
3. | [ adverb ] only a moment ago | |
Synonyms: | just_now | |
Examples: | "he has just arrived" "the sun just now came out" |
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4. | [ adverb ] (intensifier) absolutely | |
Synonyms: | simply | |
Examples: | "I just can't take it anymore" "he was just grand as Romeo" "it's simply beautiful!" |
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Related terms: | intensifier | |
5. | [ adverb ] by a small margin | |
Synonyms: | hardly barely scarcely scarce | |
Examples: | "they could barely hear the speaker" "we hardly knew them" "just missed being hit" "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open" "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats |
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6. | [ adjective ] used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | |
Examples: | "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln "a kind and just man" "a just reward" "his just inheritance" |
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Related terms: | unjust fitting rightful retributive conscionable fair right righteous honorable | |
7. | [ adjective ] of moral excellence | |
Synonyms: | good virtuous upright | |
Examples: | "a genuinely good person" "a just cause" "an upright and respectable man" "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass |
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Related terms: | righteous | |
8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7401 | |
9. | [ adjective ] implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all | |
Synonyms: | equitable | |
Examples: | "equitable treatment of all citizens" "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" |
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Related terms: | inequitable evenhanded | |
10. | [ adjective ] free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules | |
Synonyms: | fair | |
Examples: | "a fair referee "fair deal" "on a fair footing" "a fair fight" "by fair means or foul" |
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Related terms: | unfair clean antimonopoly fair-and-square fair-minded fair-and-square fair-minded reasonable impartial fairness | |
Similar spelling: |
Justa Juckett joust |